Senior Drug Delivery Formulation Scientist - Hybrid Role

Placements24; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

retirement plan

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Pharmaceutical Formulation Scientist to join our R&D team in Pretoria, Gauteng. The role focuses on designing and optimizing advanced drug delivery formulations across multiple dosage forms, with hands-on lab work and remote flexibility in a hybrid model.

You will lead pre-formulation studies, scale-up processes, and collaborate with analytical, process development, and regulatory teams to translate discoveries into market-ready products, ensuring GMP compliance.

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc in Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
• 4–6 years of pharmaceutical formulation development experience with drug delivery focus.
• Experience across dosage forms (tablets, capsules, injectables, semi-solids).
• Knowledge of GMP and regulatory guidelines applicable to pharmaceutical development.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop novel pharmaceutical formulations for various routes of administration.
• Conduct pre-formulation studies and characterize APIs and excipients.
• Optimize formulations for stability, bioavailability, manufacturability and performance.
• Plan formulation experiments, scale-up studies, and technology transfer to manufacturing.
• Collaborate with analytical, process development and regulatory teams.
• Prepare development reports, protocols, and regulatory submission components.

Skills

Drug delivery

Scale-up processes

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

PhD or MSc in Pharmaceutics or related field

Tools

HPLC

Particle size analysis

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Pharmaceutical Formulation Scientist to join our R&D team in Pretoria, Gauteng. The role focuses on designing and optimizing advanced drug delivery formulations across multiple dosage forms, with hands-on lab work and remote flexibility in a hybrid model.

You will lead pre-formulation studies, scale-up processes, and collaborate with analytical, process development, and regulatory teams to translate discoveries into market-ready products, ensuring GMP compliance.